Orpheus and Euridice

Clarinet player and Spoleto Chamber Music Series regular Todd Palmer talks with Rachel Stewart about the history behind his one and only comission piece. Composer Ricky Ian Gordon wrote a 70-minute theatrical song cycle based on the story of Orpheus and Euridice. While the piece took several years to get very far off the shelf, it has since blossomed into a masterwork by one of the up-and-coming classical contemporary composers of the 21st century.